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Yvette Cooper vs Simon Lightwood

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Yvette Cooper and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 387 shared comparable votes.

387 same votes 0 different votes 387 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
20 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 34 No
Migration 100% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
28 Aye 5 No
Tax 100% aligned 33 shared votes
28 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
Participation
65.4%
7% below average
Rank 513 of 649
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
711
1,087 eligible divisions
855
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
387
54.4% of votes cast
638
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
324
45.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
Appearances
86
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 of 649
Contributions
215
+71.5 vs Commons average
Rank 119 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£284,172
26% above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Migration
149 of 171 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
16 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
#3
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API